Students often confuse the verbs“to make”and “to let”. Here we clear up one of the many problems in distinguishing these two words and using them correctly.

学生们经常混淆“to make”和“to let”的用法．这里让我们先弄清它们的区别之一，以便正确地使用．下面的两个例子十分相象，我们要找出它们的区别所在。

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The biggest mistake one can make in macroeconomics is to confuse the cycle with the trend.

人们在宏观经济领域可能犯下最严重错误是将周期与趋势相混淆。

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When speculators confuse the market, none will make money.

投机者把市场搞乱了，谁也赚不了钱。

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In coordinated groups, the animals first cornered and then herded a massive school of herring, blowing bubbles around them to confuse the fish and make them swim tighter, until, surging through the middle of the school with mouths agape, the humpbacks boiled to the surface in a feeding frenzy.

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That doesn't make sense at all to us, but it could totally confuse the extraterrestrials.

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Mr. Noyes says an osso buco he served seemed to confuse his diners, and Mr. Cobb says his southern boys love catfish but make faces at salmon.

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